DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 09/10 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0953z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 9 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 75.9 - - 70.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 59 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3744 - - 4650 - - 48 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 2850 - - 3174 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 4633 - - 5539 - - 937 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1508 - - 1416 - - 5777 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 306 - - 290 - - 16 W* B/S - - - - - - 15 - - 9 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 4 - - 6 - - 3 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 332 - - 325 - - 024 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 2 - - -2 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -781 - - -42 - - -1971 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5414 - - 5581 - - 2908 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3731 - - -3411 - - -3302 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 8364 - - 8950 - - 4239 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 83 - - 73 - - 90 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 70 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 75.2 - - 75.9 - - 70.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 54.8 - - 54.7 - - 60.6 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.6 - - 75.5 - - 71.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 53.5 - - 53.4 - - 59.8 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 95 - - 59 - - -10 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 3744 - - 4650 - - 48 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 34 - - 0 - - 59 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 8 - - 8 - - 11 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 98874 9 230 11 282 7 330 98874 91431 8 211 9 254 11 290 91431 85650 5 251 8 220 11 231 85650 80832 7 287 10 269 10 262 80832 76705 6 294 7 273 6 258 76705 73082 7 303 3 261 3 258 73082 69804 6 233 8 241 8 262 69804 66797 8 262 10 223 10 264 66797 64019 14 279 8 269 13 286 64019 61336 16 262 23 266 19 259 61336 58524 21 228 20 236 14 275 58524 55608 37 280 35 286 34 282 55608 52856 56 251 51 268 41 276 52856 50401 55 239 50 248 48 265 50401 48217 51 252 48 244 52 257 48217 46241 60 268 41 258 52 254 46241 44428 71 277 50 267 55 257 44428 42747 98 266 61 268 59 259 42747 41179 105 253 74 268 71 258 41179 39707 102 250 89 262 85 255 39707 38314 100 247 91 257 89 253 38314 36957 99 245 91 253 89 254 36957 35570 99 244 91 252 89 259 35570 34125 101 245 91 252 83 262 34125 32629 103 248 93 255 68 272 32629 31069 103 250 88 260 57 276 31069 29429 100 248 78 264 45 277 29429 27712 98 247 69 269 36 301 27712 25921 77 247 49 276 37 319 25921 24056 61 240 39 279 35 321 24056 22122 52 245 36 277 32 314 22122 20113 51 247 38 273 26 309 20113 18023 46 256 43 267 23 304 18023 15896 39 263 38 264 22 301 15896 13852 34 269 30 270 18 295 13852 11995 30 270 29 279 13 297 11995 10346 25 268 25 272 14 279 10346 8887 22 263 25 265 19 270 8887 7595 18 274 20 276 16 282 7595 6451 11 275 10*279 7 299 6451 5437 8*275 6*311 6 334 5437 4541 4*298 6 318 7 345 4541 3748 4 329 6 324 7 353 3748 3038 4 334 6 327 7 002 3038 2409 4 337 6 330 7 012 2409 1884 4 340 6 331 7 019 1884 1480 4 339 6 332 7 024 1480 1203 4 341 6 332 7 026 1203 1034 4 341 5 332 5 026 1034 937 3 342 5 333 3*024 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography